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Keynote Presentations
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Carolyn M. Clancy
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Carolyn Clancy, a clinical researcher and a practicing internist, was named Director of the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research on February 5, 2003. Until recently, she directed AHRQ's Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research. From 1984 to 1990, Dr. Clancy was an assistant professor of medicine and director of the Medical Clinic at the Medical College of Virginia, and currently is associate clinical professor at George Washington University's Department of Medicine. Her health services research priorities include issues such as quality, access, and the impact of delivery system changes. Her medical specialties include primary care medicine and women's health.
Dr. Clancy has authored and co-authored six medical books, published widely in peer-reviewed medical journals, presented multiple research papers at academic conferences, and spoken to diverse audiences and the media on health care issues. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the American Journal of Public Health, and the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, and is a Senior Associate Editor for Health Services Research. Dr. Clancy has held leadership positions in multiple professional organizations, including the Society of General Internal Medicine and is an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.
Dr. Clancy holds a bachelor's of science (B.S.), magna cum laude, in math and chemistry from Boston College (1975) and a doctorate of medicine (M.D.) from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine (1979). Her postdoctoral training includes: the Kennedy Institute of Bioethics Intensive Course at Georgetown University in 1989; the Stanford Faculty Development Program in Clinical Teaching in 1988; and, the Henry Kaiser Family Foundation Fellow in General Internal Medicine from 1982-84 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Mike Leavitt
Secretary of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Michael O. Leavitt was sworn in as the 20th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on January 26, 2005. As Secretary, he leads the Nation's efforts to protect the health of all Americans and provide essential human services to those in need. He manages one of the largest civilian departments in the federal government, with more than 67,000 employees and a budget that accounts for almost one out of every four federal dollars.
During his first year, he led efforts to successfully enroll tens of millions of seniors and disabled persons in the new Medicare prescription drug benefit; mobilized the nation's pandemic preparedness; accelerated the development of health information standards and oversaw the medical response to Hurricane Katrina. He presided over changes in Medicaid statues to give states flexibility to provide targeted insurance coverage to more people, and worked to pass the reauthorization by Congress of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.
He is intensively focused on making health care more transparent in quality and price, and reducing the time and expense of bringing safe and effective drugs to market. Prior to his current service, Leavitt served as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and was elected to three terms as Governor of Utah.
During his eleven years of service, Utah was recognized six times as one of America's best managed states. He was chosen by his peers as Chairman of the National Governors Association, Western Governors Association and Republican Governors.
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